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fancy
verb(fan-cy)
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
Synonyms: go for, take to,
fancy
noun(fan-cy)
something many people believe that is false
Synonyms: fantasy, illusion, phantasy,
fancy
noun(fan-cy)
a predisposition to like something
Synonyms: fondness, partiality,
Examples:
She had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less.
fancy
verb(fan-cy)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Synonyms: envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize,
fancy
noun(fan-cy)
imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
Examples:
Never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence.
fancy
adjective(fan-cy)
not plain; decorative or ornamented
Antonyms: plain,
Examples:
Fancy handwriting.
Fancy clothes.

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